Sat, 05 Jun 2010
One Sided Practice
Imagine a person with a driven, aggressive personality who takes up the practice of meditation to help them relax. And imagine that they pursue meditation with the same aggression that they do everything else. Will they get some benefit? Probably. But not the full benefit, because to root of their problem is not being addressed. This is not just one person's problem, it is everyone's problem, as taking up the practice of meditation doesn't change our personality. We approach meditation in a one sided way. There is us and there is the meditation we do. In genuine meditation there can't be the separation between the two. How to overcome the separation? Your meditation needs to include the commentary on your practice that runs through your mind. Nothing can be excluded from your practice, you need to notice it all.
